WASHINGTON — Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the Federal Reserve is becoming more convinced that inflation is headed back to its 2% target and said the Fed would cut rates before the pace of price increases actually reached that point. “We’ve had three better readings, and if you average them, that’s a pretty good pace,” Powell said of inflation …
New York CNN — Despite promising signs that inflation is abating, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said the fight against price increases isn’t over. But she cautioned, “It’s really too early to declare victory on inflation.” The latest Consumer Price Index report published on Wednesday showed that annual inflation slowed from 4% to 3% in June, the …
WASHINGTON — A worsening inflation picture has touched off a range of opinions from the Federal Reserve’s policymakers about just how fast they should raise interest rates beginning at their next meeting in March. Last week’s report on consumer inflation prompted a sharp increase in expectations for rate increases by the Fed this year. I think it’s timely to get …
Editor’s Note: This interview has been editing for length and clarity. That’s what tapering would be — dialing back the amount of support we’re adding… We have a 2% average inflation target — we’ve made substantial further progress and actually gone over that level. Chatterley: Yeah, the brilliant thing about you is you always sort of make it human, and …